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Patented Mar.. i4, 1939v TICKET PRNTING HND SSUING MACHINE ilarry G. Craig, San Francisco, and Alired W.

Frida, Oakland,

California Calif., assignors to Hancock Bros., San 'ancsco,

Calif., a corporation of Aspiration January 29,1936, serial ne. craie ing and issuing machines, particularly adapted for use in connection with betting on races or similar contests where the betting odds are calculated by the so-called parimutuel system.

The invention contemplates the provision of an improved machine `for printing and issuing, at the time of 'their purchase, tickets bearing all information necessary to identify a particular race or races and particular entries, in favor of which a bet is made, together with means for totalizing the tickets issued for each entry and totalizing the tickets issued for the entire race. Provision is also made for preventing inadvertent or unauthorized misuses of the machine to the end of defeating the element of chance which it is intended vshould control the results of the betting.

it is an object of the present invention to provide a ticket printing and issuing machine, which will obtain all of the desired results through mechanism which is relatively simple and yet positive and accurate in its operation'.

A further object of the invention is the provisio-n in a machine of this character of means securely locking the machine against operation at an improper time', which locking means are controllable only by an authorized oiiicial.

A further object is the provision of a machine which may be controlled by an official and operated subject to such control by an attendant, to print tickets in' a manner to prevent their being counterfeited or altered, and to totalize the number of tickets printed automatically and through positively acting mechanism to prevent an unrecorded sale of any ticket.

A further object is the provision in such a machine of control means which may. be operated to produce a very rapid change in the race indicating character printed on the tickets so that the machine may be adjusted between races without loss of time.

A still further object is the provision of a machine, wherein the issuance of but a single ticket and the recording of but a single operation are normally insured, upon movementof a suitable operating member, and having means for disabling the mechanism, which insures single cycle operation to permit continuous operation upon movement of the operating member when it is desired to issue a large number of tickets in` rapid succession.

One form o f the present invention is exemplilied in the accompanying drawings and further of its objects andV advantages are made apparent relates to ticket .print-- (Cl. lill-66) in the following specification, wherein the invention is described in greater detail.

In the drawings: l

Fig. l is an end elevation of the machine embodying the invention, with the end portion of the cover` removed.

Fig. 2 is a transverse section oi the machine', taken on line lll- H of Fig. 7.

v Fig. 3 is a plan view of the machine with the cover removed.

Fig. 4 is a rear elevation of the machine with the cover removed.

Fig. 5 is a detail view oi' the portion of'the mechanism illustrated-in Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a view, similar to Fig. 5, showing iurther details of the same mechanism.

Fig. 'l is a iront elevation of the machine with portions thereof shown in section;

Fig. 8 is a sectional view of the printing mechanism of the machine, taken on line VIII-VTI! of Fig. 3.

Fig. 9 is a transverse section showing the selector mechanism and taken on the line IX--IX of Fig. '7.

Fig. 10 is a plan view of one end of the machine with the cover and counter mechanism removed to disclose the printing and selecting mechanism.

Fig. 11 is a sectional view mechanism and taken on Fig. 'L

Fig. 12 is an enlarged sectional view of a portion of the mechanism shown in Eig. 1l and showing the position of the parts with the operating lever depressed.

Fig. 13 is an inverted plan view showing counting devices, means for operating them and means for resetting them.

Fig. 14 is a plan view of the counting devices shown in Fig. 13 further illustrating the means for releasing or resetting the counters.

v Fig. 15 is a perspective view of the machine.

Fig. 16 is a perspective view of a ticket issued by the machine and illustrating the position of the matter printed thereon by the machine.

Fig. l'lis a front elevation, partly in section, of the lower right-hand corner of the machine shown in Fig. 15 and which the housing is locked in place.

Fig. 18 is a perspective view of a portion `of the selector mechanism, illustrating means employed for blocking out any desired selection o! said mechanism to prevent issuing of a ticket on an entry that has been scratched.

Fig. 19 is a horizontal sectional view,

showing the selector the line EH-XI of taken on illustrating the manner AinA and imparting rotationv to tails of the clutch control mechanism.

Fig. 20 is a view in detail on the line XX-XX of Fig. 19.

Fig. 21 is a sectional view taken on the line XXI-XI@ of Fig. '7 to 'disclose the construction of a portion of the electrical selection mechanism.

Fig. 22 is a wiring diagram, illustrating the circuits by means of which the operations of the machine may be recorded on a remotely positioned recording device. v

Fig. 23 is a rear elevation of the upper righthand corner of the machine as viewed in Fig. 4 but illustrating a modified form of the invention.

Fig. 24 is a sectional view taken on line XXIV-XXIV of Fig. 23.

Fig. 25 is a diagrammatic view illustrating the electrical circuits employed in the modified structure shown in Fig. 24.

Referring to Figs. 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings, the machine is shown as supported on a at, rectangular base member I0, to which is secured, by means of bolts, such as indicated at a U-shaped casting I2. vertically-extending, generally rectangular plates I3 and I4 are secured to the U-shaped member I2 and support a horizontal table I5 which extends between their upper edges and is secured thereto by means of cap screws I 6, as illustrated in Fig. 2. A printing head, generally indicated at I1, is disposed above the table l5 and during operation of the machine is moved vertically downwardly to print through an inked ribbon I8 onto a ticket strip I9 movable over the table. 'Ihe ribbon Iii and ticket strip I9, together with the mechanism for supporting them and advancing them during the operation of the machine, will be described in detail hereinafter.

The printing head comprises a plurality of rotatable, multi-faced die members. The faces of the die members are provided with characters to be printed, and rotation of the die members permits alignment of various combinations of these characters at the printing position which, in the present case, is their lowermost position.

Referring to Figs. 2 and 3, the rst die member, indicated at 20, may be provided with indicia on its printing faces to indicate the number of a particular race. The second die member, indicated at 2|, is formed of three separate and independently rotatable sections, each of which die sections may be provided on its printing faces with letters or other suitable characters which, through rotation of these three sections relative to the rst die .member 20, may be arranged in code combinations which, when read together with a number of the race printed by the first die member, will identify that race positively as to date and time so that the cashier inspecting the ticket can readily determine that it has not been altered by the purchaser to make it appear to have been purchased for any other than that particular race. A third die member, indicated at 22, may bear indicia such, for example, as numbers identifying the entry in the race upon which a bet has been placed.

A rotatable shaft 23- supports the third die member 22, and a gear 24, xed to the outer end of this shaft, lis provided-for rotating the same the die member 22 by means later to be described, so that the seller dispensing the tickets may adjust the machine to print a ticket for the particular entry upon which a bet has been placed. y 'Ihe first and second die members 20 and 2 I, respectively, are supported on a hub 25 carried by a sleeve 26 surrounding 2,150,761 line XTX-XIX of Fig. 7 and showing the dethe shaft 23 and fitted at its outer end with a disk 21 which may be rotated to adjust the positions of the die members 2|) and 2| at the time that betting is opened on a particular race. The die member 20 is fixed relative to the bushing 25 by means 'of pins, such as illustrated at 28, and the separate sections of the die member 2| are fixed relative to the die member 20 by means of a pin 29 carried by a screw 30.

In order to set these sections for a code reading that will identify the race in addition to the identication of the indicia printed by the die member 20, the screw may be removed to withdraw the pin 29. 'I'he sections of the die 2| are provided with a series of perforations 3|, one for each of the printing faces, as best illustrated in Fig. 8, so that the pin 29 may be reinserted to lock them in any desired printing position relative to the die member 20.

In order to move the die members 20 and 2| to print distinctive tickets for successive races, we provide electrically controlled setting mechanism, best illustrated in Figs. 4, 5 and 6 of the drawings. In these figures, the disk 21 is illustrated as being provided witha plurality of pins 32 projecting outwardly therefrom and corresponding in number and spacing to the printing faces on the die members 20 and 2|, so that by advancing the disk 21 through an arc determined by any two adjacent pins 32, the die members will be advanced one position. In order to accomplish this advancing of the die members electrically so that -this operation may be controlled from a remote point by an official, we provide an electromagnet 33, which is supported on a bracket plate 34 in such a position that its armature 35 may be connected by a clevis 36 with a lever 31 pivoted, as by a pin 38, to the bracket plate 34. Upon energization of the electromagnet 33, which may be accomplished by any suitable type of switch, such, for example, as a push button disposed at a point where it may be conveniently operated by an oicial, the armature 35, normally disposed in the position indicated in Fig. 4, is retracted. This causes swinging movement of the lever 31 against the tension of a small spring 39, disposed at the lower end thereof so that a pawl 40, provided with a hooked end and pivoted, as by a pin 4I, to the upper end of the lever 31, will engage one of the pins 32 and advance the disk 21, carrying the d ie members 20 and 2|, to the next printing position.

An adjustable stop member 42, carried by a boss 43, cooperates with the lowermost end of the lever 31 and the same boss provides a mounting for a screw 44 to which one end of the spring 39 is secured. To prevent the disk 21 from being carried too far in the event of rapid operation of the electromagnet, we provide a stop member in the form of an L-shaped lever 45 plvoted on a pin 46 and having an end 41 disposed at an angle to be engaged by one of the pins 32 when the disk 21 has rotated the desired distance. The lever 45, as illustrated in Fig. 4, normally is in a position unobstructing the movement of the disk 21, but upon operation of the electromagnet to advance the disk, the lever is moved upwardly to the position illustrated in Fig. 6 by means of its' connection with the lever 31 by a link 48 adjustably secured to the lever 31 by a screw 49 and having a bent end received in a slot 50 of the L-shaped lever 45.

To insure proper positioning of the printing faces upon each adjustment thereof from one position to the next, we provide the detent mecharcor/e1 anism illustrated in Fig. 5. This comprises a spring-pressed pin 5I, carriedv by a socket 52 which is supported by the bracket plate 34 and bears against a pivoted arm 53 which carries a roller 54 for registry with spaced lnotches 55 formed in the periphery ,of the disk 21. The arm 53 is pivoted by means of a pin, indicated at 56, to a. supporting arm 51 which extends upwardly and outwardly from the uppermost portion of one of the bearings in which the main shaft of the printing head is journaled, as indicated in Fig. 3. I

In order to provide each ticket with the date of its sale and any desired additional printed matter, we provide an auxiliary printing head, as indicated at 58 in Fig. 4. The printing head 58 may be in the nature of any conventional date stamp and is supported on brackets59 which extend downwardly from a wedge-fshaped block 66 whichis secured in a similarly shaped channel formedv in the underside of a plateti, which plate is preferably formed integrally with the bearing members of the main printing head, as illustrated in Fig. 3. Screws 26 may be provided for releasing the grip of the wedge-shaped channel on the block t to permit removal of the date printer for convenience in re-setting the date Aand other indicia carried thereby.

This auxiliary printing'head, or similar ones supported in the same manner, may be provided to print further information on the ticket such, for example, as the number of the machine, the sellers name, the amount paid, or any other desired classification. It is, of course, to be understood that the ticket strip may have printed upon it any appropriate data not subject to frequent change before it is placed in the machine.

The main printing head which; as described above, is supported on the shaft 23 surrounded by the bushing 26, is journaled in bearings t3, which bearings are formed at the upper ends cf a pair of vertically extending shafts 66. The shafts 64 are slidably carried in bearing bushings 65 which extend through the table i5 and are connected at their lower ends by a cross shaft 66. v

This crossV shaft is connected with the main drive shaft 61 through a connecting rod 68, whichlis provided with a suitable bearing 69 at its `upper end surrounding the cross shaft and heldin a central position thereon by means of bushings 10. At its lower end the connecting rod 66 is provided with an eccentric strap 1| embracingan eccentric collar 12 fixed to the main shaft 61 for rotation therewith. Through this connection a single rotation of the main shaft will impart downward movement to the printing head to perform its printing operation and return it to its normal uppermost position or..position of rest. bearings 13 'carried by the frame members I3 and I4 and extends forwardly of the frame, terminating in a plate 14 (see Fig. l) which is supported at the endsof spacer studs 16 extending outwardly from the frame member I4. A thrust vbearing 16 is provided adjacent the end of the main shaft to receive the thrust load of a helical gear 11 which meshes with a similar gear 18 on a short shaft 19 which carries a sprocket 60 so that it may be driven bya chain 4i which extends downwardly throughV a suitable opening in the base in the machine to a driving sprocket v(not l shown) on Aa countershatt which is comtantly f rotatingunder electric or other suitable. motive '1 were The main shaft is journaled in suitable trigger 94, thus swinging said trigger L to release the pin 93 The short shaft 19 is journaled in a pair of upright lbosses 82 which may be formed integrally with an extension 83 of the main casting i2.

The gear 11 is free to rotate on the main shaft but is fixed relative to the driving member 84 of a clutch, the driven member of which is illustrated at 85. The driven member B of the clutch is keyed to the main shaft 61 which is normally at rest and is capable of being operatively connected with the driving member 84 by means of a spring-pressed clutch dog 86, best illustrated in Figs. 7 and 9. 1n Fig. 9 thedog is shown in driving position such as it will assume during the operation of the machine, and in which position its end is received by the recess diie. The clutch dog 86 is normally held in a retracted position against compression springs 36 by means of a lever 81 which iscarried by a stub shaft d8 extending outwardly from the side member i5 and mounted thereon for rocking movement. l

A safety latch 39 is likewise carried by the shaft 88 and has an end registering with a notch Sill formed in the periphery of the driven portion of the clutch positively to lock the same against rotation beyond a certain point. The outer end of the lever 81 is formed with a camflike surface, as illustrated in Fig. 9, for registry with a tapered slot di in the dog 86. A groove 92,- iormed in the driven member of the clutch, guides this end of the lever into registry with the slot 9i to retain position.

When the machine is to be placed in'operation to print a ticket, the stub shaft 38 which supports the lever 31 and the safety latch 89 is rocked to lift the outer ends of these members. After the latch t9 is removed from itsv engagement with the notch 9G and the lever 91 is withdrawn from its engagement with the clutch dog t6, the compression spring 86b4 forces the dog 86 outwardly in position for engagement with the. recess 66 on the driving clutch member 84, which thereby locks together the two halves of the clutch, the main shaft 61 is caused to move through one complete rotation when the lever @l (which haspbeen depressed in the groove 92), disengages to 'move through one complete rotation, the direction of movement being clockwise, as viewed in Fig. 1. Meanwhile the lever 81 the dog 86 and disable the clutch.

the dog in its retracted The mechanism for moving the lever 81 and latch 89 to place the machine in operationis best illustrated in Figs. 11 and l2, wherein the lever 91 is shown as provided with a pin 93 extending forwardly from ger 94, 'pivotally supported between downwardly depending lugs 95 carried by a lever plate 96,15 provided with a shoulder 91 adjacent to its lower end to engage with the pin 93 and impart the above described rocking movement to the lever and latch. The trigger 94 is normally held in- `wardly under tension of a spring 98 and is positively moved outwardly at the proper time in the cycle of the operation of the machine by mechanism shown in Figs. 7. 12 and 19.

` The main shaft 61 carries a cam 61* for this purpose which acts upon a roller on crank arm 33 (see also Fig.'20) to rock a shaft I00,1the opposite end of which carries alever IUI which is provided 'at its outer end with an inclined cam surface |62 engageable with a pin 94a on the outwardly at the proper time. Upon its outer end. A trig-` being released the lever 81 and latch 09 are returned to their normal positions by means of a spring |02. Thus the lever and latch, respectively, cause disengagement of the clutch dog and stop the rotation of the main shaft.

The lever plate 9B is pivotally supported on a shaft |03, which is journaled in brackets |04 extending outwardly from the main frame, and is provided adjacent to its forward edge with a longitudinally extending bar |05, which is engaged by a block |06 carried by an operating lever |01, so that upon depression of the operating lever |01 the lever plate is swung downwardly to cause the trigger 94 carried thereby to perform the functions above related. The purpose of the lever plate 96 and the elongated bar |05 carried thereby is to provide for operation of the trigger 94 regardless of the position of the operating lever |01.which, for reasons which will hereinafter be set forth, is adjustable longitudinally of the machine.

In order to lock the machine against operation and provide means making it possible for an ofiicial to control the locking and unlocking of the clutch-operating mechanism from a remote point, latch |00 (as shown in Fig. 7) is pivotally supported relative to the side frame I4 by means of a pin |00 and cooperates with a lug ||0 which depends from the lever plate 96, so that upon swinging of the latch to the fullline position of Fig. 7 it will prevent downward swinging movement of the lever plate 96 which is necessary to engage the clutch. An electromagnet of any suitable type, indicated at and having a swinging armature ||2 connected with the latch |08 b y a link H0, may be energized by a suitable switch disposed at any desired point to be operated by an oicial so that the latch may be withdrawn to the position indicated in broken lines in Fig. '1 to permit the operation of the machine by the seller.

When a bet is placed and a ticket is to be issued for a particular entry,' the ticket printing mechanism must be set to print a ticket distinguished by the number that has been assigned to that entry. For this purpose the operating lever |01, which is depressed to actuate the clutch and-which extends through the casing of the machine (as indicated in Figs. 12 and 15), is carried by a longitudinally slldable carriage. This carriage comprises a sliding bar H4 (see Figs. 3, '1 and 12) which is guided between pairs of rollers I5 which are journaled in the brackets |04. Rigidly secured to this carriage bar ||4 is a block H6, to which is pivoted, as at ||1, the operating lever 01. At the extreme righthand end of the carriage bar 4 (as viewed in Figs. 3 and 12) is provided a bracket ||1a which supports a vertically extending post H8. At the upper end of this post H0 there is pivotally connected a rack-bar ||9 which extends to a position overlying and in mesh with the gear 24 which, upon reference back to Fig. 2 of the drawings, will be seen to be the gear which controls the printing position of the die member 22. As the die member 22 is provided with characters which identify the entries in a race, it will appear that upon longitudinal movement of the rack ||9 the gear 24 will be rotated to effect a setting of the printing head to print a ticket for any entry chosen. A visible scale, by means of which the selection of an entry may be effected, is provided, as at |20, on the front face of the casing adjacent to the projecting level` |01. and directly beneath the handle is provided a slotted bar |2| which is secured to the forward edges of the brackets |04 (see Fig. 10). The slots in the bar |2| are of just sufficient width to receive the lever |01 when it is depressed and are so shaped that they will insure the lon gitudinal movement of the lever before it is depressed, being exactly the right distance to cause proper setting of the type face desired on the die member 22. The rack H0 being pivotally supported at one end, as has been described. is free to move up and down during the vertical movement of the printing head, and is meanwhile maintained in mesh with the gear 24 by a roller |22 engaging with the top surface of the rack directly above the gear.

In the event that any entry has been scratched from the race, or if for any other reason any of the numbers from one to ten are not to be used, there is provided a block-out member,

such as illustrated at |2|a in Figure 18. This member consists of a short bar, of H-shaped cross section, which may be inserted between the prongs of the slotted bar 2| to prevent depression of the operating lever |01 when it is in a position overlying any one of the slots. Any number of block-out members |2|fl may be used temporarily to vary the capacity of the machine.

To insure positive operation of the machine when the operating lever |01 is depressed and prevent moving the lever longitudinally during the first part of the press operating cycle, latching means may be employed (as best illustrated in Figs. 9, 11 and 12)'. Referring to Fig. 9, the lever |01 is shown as carrying a latch bolt |23 slidable in a guide |24 and having a release finger f |25 extending upwardly at its outer end. The opposite side of the latch bolt |23 (as illustrated in Figs. 1l and 12) is provided with a pin |26.

A spring |21 cooperating with this pin normally urges the latch toward its innermost position where, upon depression of the operating lever,

the latch will engage with the shoulder |28 on.

the forward face of the block H6 to maintain the lever in its depressed position for a time sufficiently long to insure positive operation of the clutch and also maintain the slidable carriage and members controlled thereby in xed position during the major portion of the operating cycle.

During the operation of the machine, an inverted U-shaped release bar |29, pivoted at |30, is swung forwardly to engage the release finger |25 and retract the latch so that the operating lever is free to move upwardly to its original position. The release bar |29 is swung forwardly under the influence of a finger |3| (see Fig. 9) on plate 206, which is a part of a pivoted totalizer actuating frame which is oscillated during each operating cycle of the machine in a manner which will hereinafter be fully set forth.

In the event that the operator were to hold his hand on the lever maintaining it in a depressed position at the time that the release bar |29 oscillated to contact the release finger |25, the latch 23 might return to its latching position, permanently maintaining the operating lever |01 in its depressed position and rendering the machine inoperable. In order to avoid such accidental operation of the machine, we have provided the pawl |32 (see Fig. 9), pivoted at |33 and engageable with the pin |26 to retain thc latch in its retracted position upon operation of the release mechanism. The latch being thus retained in its retracted position insures return movement of the operating lever |01, even though it may have been held down too long. When the lever |01 is released forupward movement, an end |34 of the pawl |32 engages with the upper edge |35 of the frame opening, through which the operating lever extends. Such engagement releases the pawl |32 to permit the latch bar |23 to move forwardly under tension of the spring |21 where it will be effective upon subsequent operation to retain the operating lever in its depressed position.

The description of the operating lever to this point has been entirely in connection with its use during single operations of the machine.

While it is ordinarily desirable that the machine operates in single cycles, it is sometimes necessary to print a large number of tickets at one time. To provide for the printing of a large number of tickets as rapidly as possible, means are employed for blocking out the mechanism, which insures single cycle operation of the machine, to permit multiple operations and thereby reduce the time required for printing a large number of tickets.

To this end, as illustrated in Figs. 11, 12 and 19, a release button 290 extends through the forward face of the housing and is carried for sliding movement in `a bearing member 29|, so that its inner end may contact the lower end of a finger 292, which is pivoted at its upper end at 293 and is provided with a shoulder4 294 engageable with a pin 295 carried by the clutch control member 91 (see also Figure 19). A spring 291 normally swings the finger 292 outwardly, but upon depression of the button 290 it is swung inwardly to a position where its shoulder 294 will overlie the pin 295, thus preventing the normal return of the clutch control member 51 which causes themachine to cease operation at the end of a single cycle. Thus with the button 290 pressed inwardly the machine will continue to operate until it is released.

A pin 299, guided for vertical movement in a bracket 300 and urged upwardly by a spring 30|,

is adapted to be received by sockets 302 and 303 formed in the stem of the button 290, so thatv upon depression of the operating lever |01 an arm 304, fixed to the member |05, will be moved downwardly to cause the pin 299 to enter the socket 302, if the button 290 has not been de-A pressed, and to enter the socket 303 if it has been depressed.

When it is desired to print a certain number of tickets, the button 290 isfirst depressed. The operating lever |01, being firstmoved to the proper entry position, is then depressed, with the result that the button 290 is locked in its inner-l most position and the machine will operate continuously until release of the operating lever, thus permitting the pin 299 to be retracted'by the spring 30|, which, in turn, permits the operating button to belmoved outwardly under tension of the spring 291. As the operation of the machine is very rapid when the mechanism for insuring single 'cycle operation has been disabled in this manner, the operator will be required to watch the totalizing counter or the counter whichl registers the particular entry for which the large number of tickets are being sold in order to release the operating lever at the proper time.

The ticket strip upon which the printing mechanisrnracts, together; ,with the mechanism for supporting, advancing and shearing it after a ticket has been printed, is best illustrated in Fig. 4 of the drawings. In this figure a roll |4| of ticket material, in the form of a strip of pasteboard of suitable kind, is shown as supported on |52 thereunder.

a spool |42, having its axle |43 received by slots |44 formed in. a pair of vertically extending brackets |45 secured at their lower ends to the base I0. A weighted lever |46 is pivotedon a pin |41 extending transversely between the upright brackets |45 adjacent to their upper ends to bear against the ticket roll i4| at the point where the strip of ticket material is led off therefrom. The weighted lever |46 acts as a brake, oiering slight frictional resistance to the unwinding of the ticket roll and Apreventing the roll from becoming loose on its spool. The strip i9 of ticket material is ledv around an idler spool IE5, which is freely rotatable on a shaft |49extending beftween the frame members i3 and I4, and is then led upwardly over the surface of a ticket-advancingdrum |50, fixed to a shaft |5|, also extending between the frame members I3 and lli.

The peripheral surfaceof the advancing-drum |50 is provided with spaced projecting pins |52 for registryv with perforations |53 formed at spaced intervals in the ticket strip (see Fig. A weighted roller |54, carried by pivoted levers |55, is preferably provided for maintaining the ticket in close contact with the advancing drum |50, thisroller being cut away centrally, as at |56, to permit free passage of the projecting pins Theticket strip, after leaving the advancing drum, passes over the top surface of the plate I5 and directly beneath theprinting head Hand auxiliary printing-head 58. As shown in Fig. 8, the plate I5 is preferably recessed and providedvwith rubber or other resilient pads |51, which form pliable platens against which the ticket material is pressed during the printing operation. The resiliency of the material of which the pads |51 are formed may be such as is best suited to the type of material being used, it being their principal purpose to permit the printing dies to form a deep impression or embossed effect in the paper so that the printed symbols thereon will be difcult to alter or erase.

The end of the ticket strip is disposed beneath the printing heads prior to operation of the machine, and means are provided for advancing the end of the strip having aticket printed' "thereon to a position where it may be sheared a crank |59. The crank |59 is, through a connecting rod |59, operatively associated with the lever |60, which is mounted in a manner permitting its freeA oscillation on the extreme end of the shaft |5|. The upper end of the lever |60 is provided with a spring-pressed pawl |6| arranged to engage with the teeth of a ratchet wheel |62 whichis fixed to the shaft |5|. As the ticket-strip-advancing-drum |50 is also xed to the said shaft, rotation of the ratchet wheel |62 will cause the ticket to be advanced over the plate I5. It will be recalledthat the main shaft completes a full rotation for each tfne that the machine is operated to print a ticket. Upon each such rotation, the crank |58 and connecting rod |59 impart an auxiliary movement to the lever |60. During the initial rotation of the main shaft, the lever |60 is moved in a counter-clockwise direction, as viewed in Fig. 4, so that the pawl |6| .rides freely over the teeth of the ratchet wheel. During the latter part of this rotation, the lever |60 is moved in the opposite direction so that the pawl engages the teeth of the ratchet wheel to advance the ticket Vstrip to a position where the ticket just printed adjacent to its end may be sheared.

l In order that the advancing movement of the ticket strip may be adjusted for the exact length of a ticket, the connecting rod |59 is connected with the lower end of the lever leo by means, including an elongated slot |63, so that adjustment longitudinally of this slot will vary the movement ofthe ticket-advancing drum.

During the advancing movement of the ticket strip, the end thereoi' that has been printed upon is projected over the edge of the table l5 between the uppermost stationary blade |64 and the lowermost pivoted blade |65 of the ticket shears. The blade |65 is pivoted at one end on the pin |66 and is urged into firm contact with the uppermost blade through a spring |61 (shown in Fig. 7). The opposite end of the blade |65 is pivoted to a vertical plunger |68 which slides through lguides formed in a bracket |69 and is normally urged upwardly by a spring |10 which is interposed between the lowermost guide and a collar |1| on the plunger.

The lowermost end of the plunger |68 is provided with an adjustable stop |12 which, through contact with a lever |13 pivoted at |14, maintains the plunger and pivoted blade in a downward position. Cam |15, xed to the main shaft 61, bears against a roller |16 on the lever |13 to maintain the lever in its lowermost position. The cam |15 is provided with a relieved portion, indicated at |11 in Fig. 8, so -positioned that upon the nal movement of the main shaft it comes into registry with the roller |16. 'I'his permits the lever to snap upwardly under the tension of the spring |15 so that the ticket projecting between the blades of the shears is severed. A resilient spring plate |18, shown in Fig. 10, prevents the ticket from being thrown upwardly by the action o1' the shears and causes it to fall upon an inclined chute |19 from which it slides into a ticket tray through an open gate |8| formed in the s ide wall of the machine, as illustrated in Fig. 15.

It is preferable that the ticket be guided over the surface of the table i5, as it passes beneath the printing mechanism, and for this purpose we provide guides |82 overlying the edges 0I the ticket. as illustrated in Fig. 2, to maintain it in close contact with the top of the plate.

It is desirable that an inked ribbon, somewhat in the nature of a typewriter ribbon, be interposed between the ticket and the printing dies to impart a colored hue to the printed characters, and in order to support such a ribbon in a proper position and advance it so that a freshly inked portion thereof will always be in a position for printing, we provide the following mechanism:

The ribbon, which is shown at I0 in Figs. 7 and 8, is stored on a reel |88, ilxed on a shaft |84 extending outwardly from a suitable bracket |85 which is supported in a vertical position from the top of the main frame. The ribbon is led from the reel |88 over guide rollers |88, |81 and |88 supported by a bracket |89 to maintain it in a position spaced from the surface oi the printing dies. It then passes beneath the main printing head and the auxiliary printing head just above the surface of the ticket strip, being guided by a roller |90 onto a second reel |9| fixed to the shaft |92. By imparting a short rotary movement to either the reel |9| or the reel |88 each time a ticket is printed, the ribbon is slowly advanced in either direction desired.

In order to accomplish such rotation o! either one or the other of the ribbon reels, we provide each of them with a ratchet wheel |93 operable by spring-pressed pawl |94, there being one for each ratchet wheel, carried at the upper and lower ends of a rocker |95 pivoted by the pin |96 to a plate |91 which is secured to, and moves up and down with, the printing head frame. Upon vertical movement of the printing head frame, one of the pawls |94 will impart periodic rotation to one of the reels |83 or |9| through the ratchet, depending upon the position of the rocker |95. A detent in the form of a. spring |98 and ball |99 (shown in Fig. 3) is provided to retain the rocker in either position. A brake, comprising a iiat spring 200 provided with pins 20| at its opposite ends bearing against the side faces of the ratchet wheels, provides suilicient tension on the reels to prevent their rotation by the pawls riding over the ratchet teeth in a reverse direction. When the ribbon is wound on the uppermost reel, the rocket |95 will assume the position shown in Fig. '1 so that the lowermost reel will be periodically rotated to advance the ribbon upon each operation of the machine. When the supply of ribbon has all been wound onto the lowermost reel, the position of the rocker |95 will be reversed and the ribbon will then be drawn from the lower reel and wound upon the uppermost one.

It is essential, particularly where bets are being taken under the parimutuel system, to keep a record of the number of bets placed on each entry so' that the odds payable on winning tickets may be rapidly computedj. For the purpose of keeping such a record, we/ have provided a bank of totalizing counters, one for each contestant of the race and one for registering the number of` tickets sold for all entries. The counters, as shown at 20| in Figs. 1, 2, 9, 13 and 14, may be of any conventional type suitable for this purpose. They are arranged in alignment on a supporting plate 20|. 'I'his plate 20|El is disposed behind a front plate 202 which forms a portion of the front face of the machine. Screws 203 maintain the plates in spaced relation, and windows, such as illustrated at 204 in Fig. 15, are arranged so that the readings on the counters will be visible from the exterior o! the machine.

Each of the counters 20| is provided with a lever 205 (see Fig. 13), upon depression of which the counting mechanism is actuated to designate one operation in the conventional manner. Suitable numerals, formed on the front face of the machine as illustrated in Fig. 15, identify the several counters, respectively, with the several positions of the lever |01, so that each time a ticket is sold for any particular entry the counter having the corresponding number will register the sale. The counter at the righthand end oi' the bank as viewed in Fig. l5 is marked T" and will register all sales made on the machine and give a reading of the total number of tickets sold.

The mechanism for actuating the counters upon each operation of the machine comprises a plate 206 which is pivoted on a horizontally extending pin 201. A rack bar 208 is mounted for longitudinal sliding movement in a guideway 209 on this plate and carries a pin 2|0 which overlies the levers 205. by means of which the counting mechanisms are operated. 'Ihe rack -bar 208,-as illustrated in Fig. 13, meshes with a gear 2|| xed to a rotatable shaft 2|2 in common with a smaller gear 2|3.

'I'he small gear 2|3 75 ,meshes with a rack bar 2|4 slidable in 'a guideway 2|5 also extending longitudinally of the plate 206, A forked bracket 2|6 extends downwardly from the rack bar 2|4 and embraces a post 2|1 extending upwardly from the block ||6 to which the operating lever |01 is carried.

Therefore, upon longitudinal movement of the' operating lever to the positions for printing tickets on various entries the rack bar 2|4 is likewise moved. Movement of the rack bar 2|4 is transmitted through the gears 2|3 and 2I| to impart movement to the rack bar 208. The ratio between the gears 2|3 and 2| is such that the pin 2|0 will be positioned directly above the operating lever of the counting device which corresponds to the position occupied by the main operatlng lever |01, i

A pin 2|8 is'xed to one end of the guide 209 in a position to overlie the operating lever of the counter which registers the total number of tickets sold by the machine. In order to bring the pins 2|0' and 2|8 into contact with the counter levers to actuate the counters, a spring 2|0 is provided for urging the plate 206 down.- wardly aboutits pivot 201. y

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, an arm 2|9 is carried by the plate 206. The lower end of the arm 2|9 is pivotally connected with an adjustable connecting rod 220, the bottom end of which terminates in a crank 22| (see also Figure '1) fixed to the shaft |00. The crank 22| and connecting rod 220 normally maintain the plate 206 raised against the tension of the spring 2|9 but as the shaft oscillates, as heretofore de-` scribed, they permit the spring to swing the plate 206 downwardly to actuate the proper counter once during each cycle of operation. Thus upon each printing operation of the machine the pin 2|0' will actuate a counter corresponding to the entry for which the ticket was issued and the pin 2|8 will actuate the counter which registers the total number of tickets sold.

It is customary to take off the readings of these counters at the close of the betting period and use them in computing the odds to be paid on the winning tickets; and it is, therefore, desirable that they may be quickly reset after this reading has been taken vso that' the reading at the beginning of each race will be 0. For the purpose of quickly resetting all the counters each of them is provided with the conventional stem which may be rotated to turn the dials to a zero reading.

In Figs. 13 and 14 we have shown the resetting stems as fitted with gears 226. A rack 221, ex-

.tending longitudinally of the bank of counters,`

meshes with all of these gears and a spring 228 maintains the rack at one end of its path of travel through guide blocks 229. A driving gear 230, similar to the gears 226, also meshes with the rack and through a shaft 23| and bevel gear 232 is connected with a bevel gear 233 on a shaft 234. The shaft 234 extends forwardly through the front face of the machine and is provided with a sho-rt crank 235. Upon rotation of the crank 235 thel rack 221 is moved longitudinally to reset the counters by rotation of their reset stems. The crank 235 is purposely provided with a very sho-rt arm` so that it will be impossible to reset the counters without the use of a crank designed for that purpose.

A key crank of suitable design may be provided to slip over the shaft 234 and cooperate with the short crank 235 to give the leverage necessary to perform the resetting operation. It

vwill thus be impossible for the ticket seller inadvertently to change the reading on the counters. Preferably the key crank will be carried by the oiilcial who takes the reading from the counters at the end of the race, who, after having taken off the readings. will reset the counters to zero in preparation for the sale of tickets i'or a subsequent race.

In order that each operation of the machine may be registered at a central point, such as a calculators room, wherein the odds on the several entries are computed immediately upon closing of the betting period, electrically actuated counting mechanism, diagrammatically illustrated in Figure 22, is provided. Electrical energy from a suitable source, such as a battery 250, is carried by a conductor 25| to a bank 252 o-f conventional electrically actuated counter mechanisms, one for each entry, and a similar counting mechanism 253 for the total entries, the conventional variable resistance 254 being incorporated in the circuit.

Each of the counters, I to |0, inclusive, is connected as by conductors 255 with this series of ten. contact points 256 on. a selector unit positioned within the machine. A sliding contact 251, engageable selectively with the contacts 256, is connected by means of a conductor 256 with a pair of breaker points 259 which complete a circuit through a conductor 260 to the ,battery 250. The usual condenser 26| is connected in parallel with the breaker points 259 to reduce arcing thereat. A conductor 262 connects the totalizing counter 253 with a pair of breaker points 263 which complete the circuit to the battery 250 through the common conductor 260. A condenser 264 is also provided in connection with the breaker points 263.

The wiring diagram also illustrates a pushbutton 265 for completing a circuit through conductors 266, solenoid 33 and conductor 261; the solenoid 33 being that shown in Figures 3 and 4 of the drawings and its function being to advance the die member 20 (see Fig. 2) between races so as to distinguish tickets printed for successive races. through the conductor 269, solenoid and conductor 261, the solenoid being that shown in Figure '1 of the drawings for the imrDOSe of blocking out the machine to prevent .its operation at any time other than during the authorized betting period.

The construction of the selector unit 256 and the means for advancing the member 251 over theA contacts thereof are best shown 'in Figs. 3, '1 and 21 of the drawings. A dielectric plate 210 carries the contact members 256 and is supported in the machine in such a position that the contact finger 251rwill` be carried thereover upon movement of the operating lever to select an entry. An L-shaped bracket 21|, supported by the rack bar ||9 and sliding bar H4, supports a dielectric Aplate 212 which, in, turn, forms a. su iport for the pivotally mounted finger 251. A spring 213 normally urges the nger into contact .with the contact members 256.

A cam track 214, secured to the top edge of the plate 210, is provided with an irregular surface, as illustrated in Fig 3, the rises in said cam surface being positioned to engage a dielectric projection 215 on the finger 251 to swing it away from the contact members 256 as it passes between adiacent contact members, thus to prevent bridging as it is moved from one contact member to the other. As the contact finger 215 A push-button 260 completes a circuit is carried by the sliding bar ||4 and rack ||8 which are moved upon manipulation of the operating lever |01 to select an entry, it is apparent that it will be positioned over the contact member 256 corresponding to the entry selected, so that when the breaker points 258 are closed the circuit will be completed through the proper electrically actuated counter 252. The breaker points 259 and the breaker points 283 are intended to complete a circuit through the entry counters and through the totalizer counters, respectively, each time the machine is operated; and for this purpose these breaker points, as best illustrated in Figure 4, are mounted on opposite sides of the main drive shaft 81 in engagement with the notched cam 280 carried by the drive shaft for rotation therewith.

The cam normally engages the breaker points, which are of conventional construction, to maintain the circuit open; but upon operation of the machine, which causes rotation of the cam, the notch 28| thereof registers with the breaker points to permit them to close the circuit momentarily through the entry counter that Yhas been selected and through the totalizer counter. 'I'he condensers 28| and 284 are positioned adjacent to the breaker points, as illustrated in Figure 4.

In order that the counting operations may be properly timed with respect to the cycle of operation of the machine, the cam 280 is adjustable on the shaft 61 through means illustrated ln Figure 2, wherein the cam is shown as connected to the shaft by being clamped between the hub of the crank |58 and a collar 283. Screws 284 passing through the hub of the crank |53 and into the collar 283 provide suiilcient pressure to prevent rotation of the cam relative to the shaft 61 and may be loosened to permit the cam to be rotated forpurposes of adjustment.

The entire machine is preferably encased in a housing, such as illustrated at 236 in Fig. l5, to

prevent any unauthorized tampering with its op-` erating mechanism. The housing may be locked in place by any suitable mechanism, but preferably by a bar 231 which extends through suitable perforations in the housing and through perforated brackets 238 secured to the base I0 (see Fig. 17).

A notch 239 may be cut in the bar 231 to receive the latch bolt 240 of a suitable lock, such as indicated at 24|, and having a keyhole 242 accessiblefrom the exterior of the casing. The key to the lock will, of course, be in the possession of the proper oiiicial. l

While the locking mechanism described holds the casing securely against the base member I0, it is preferable that the opposite end of the casing be anchored in some suitable manner, and for this purpose we have provided a screw 243 which passes through the opposite end of the casing and into the main supporting base |2.

In the operation of the machine the operator will, upon receipt of a bet on a particular contestant in a race, move the lever |01 to the number identifying that contestant. Assuming that the printing mechanism has been set for the proper race and that the unlocking mechanism has been operated by the remote controls described, the operator will then depress the lever |01 which will eiect engagement of the clutch so that the driving means will be engaged to effect printing of a ticket, advancing the ticket strip, shearing the ticket and registering the sale thereof on both the local and remote counter corresponding to the particular contestant for which the ticket was sold and the local and re.

mote counter which registers the total number of tickets sold.

In addition to bets placed upon single entries and single races, it is desirable to provide for so-called daily double bets which require the selection of an entry in two races or for bets which comprise the selection of two horses in one race. In order to adapt the machine above described to such double betting, the modification illustrated in Figures 23, 24 and 25 is resorted to. In these figures of the drawings the die member 20, which is described above as used to designate a particular race, is adapted for selection of an entry in one race, whereas the die member 22 is used in the manner above described to select an entry for another race. In order to adapt the die member 20 to the selection of entries an operating lever 301, similar to the operating lever |01, is provided to project through the forward face of the machine at a position above that of the rst described operating lever. The lever 301 extends to the rear of the housing and if pivotally connected by a pin 308 to a bar 303 which is longitudinally slidable through sets of rollers 3|0 and connected at one end by means of an arm 3|| with the rack bar 3|2.

This rack bar is pivoted at its connection with the arm 3| and retained by a roller 3|3 in meshing engagement with a gear 3|4 which is fixed to the sleeve 28 which carries the die member 2l. Thus by setting the operating lever 301 to select a desired entry for one race and by setting the operating lever |01 to select the desired entry for another race and then depressing the lever |01 to operate the machine in the manner above described a double entry ticket may be printed.

In the operation of printing daily double tickets with the mechanism above described, it is desirable to insure against depression of the operating lever |01 to select an entry and print a ticket until after the operating lever 301 has been depressed to select an entry. It is also important that the lever 301 be held in its depressed position throughout the entire printing operation so that there will be no possibility of a change in the entry selection of said lever prior to or during the printing.

To accomplish these ends, electrically controlled interlocking means of the type illustrated in Figs. 24 and 25 may be employed. To prevent operation of the lever |01 before depression of the lever 301, a switch comprising contact members 320 and 32| is controlled by the lever 301 and is placed in circuit, as illustrated in Fig. 25, with the lock-out solenoid winch has also been described in connection with Fig. 22 and which eiects withdrawal of the lock-out member |08 illustrated in Fig. '1. The upper contact member 320 of this switch is carried by a pivoted arm 322, which is operably connected with the lever 301 by a transversely extending bar 323 which passes through a slot 324 in this lever. This permits free adjustment of the lever 331 necessary to select an entry and causes downward swinging of the arm 322 upon depression of the lever 301 at any point. This downward movement of the arm 322 completes the circuit through theA contact members 320 and 32| to energize the lock-out solenoid which will withdraw the lock-out member |08.- With this construction it is impossible to actuate the lever |01 to place the ticket-printing mechanism in operation until the lever 301 has been depressed.

A pair oi' contacts 330 and 33| is controlled by the lever |01. The upper contact 330 is carried by the lever plate 96 which swings downwardly upon depression of the lever |01; thus, to complete a circuit through a solenoid' 332 to v cause retraction of the armature 333 thereof. A

ment. Therefore, as long as the operating 'lever |01 is retained in its depressed position, the operating lever 301 must remain in the same position and can not be moved laterally to eiect a change in the entry selected by it.` 'Upon release of the lever |01, the circuit, through the contacts 330 and 33|, is broken to effect deenergization of the solenoid 332, and spring means, such as the coil spring 338 surrounding the armature 333, will return the cam 331 to the position illustrated in Fig. 25 and permit the lever 3in1 to return to its normal position.- Owing to the system which interlocksthe levers |01 and 301, it is impossible to depress the lever |01 until after depression of the lever 301, and it is impossible for the lever 301 to return to its normal position until after the lever iil'i has returned.

While we have illustrated and described our invention in terms of a specific embodiment thereof, it should be understood that various modifications may be resorted to in the construction and arrangement of its several parts within the scope of the appended claims.

What We claim is:

1. In a ticket machine comprising printing means, registering means, and means for actuating the printing and registering means, a depressible operating lever for placing the driving means in operation, means for latching the operating lever in its depressed position until the printing and registering means have been placed in operation, means releasing the latching means and retaining it in an inoperative position until the operating lever has been released, and means eiective upon return of the operating lever to normal position to disable the retaining means.

2. In a ticket issuing machine, a printing mechanism adjustable to print tickets of various classications, a plurality of registeringdevices, one for each classification, a sliding and pivoting carriage movable to stations corresponding to said classifications, connections between said carriage and printing mechanism whereby movement of the carriage will effect adjustment of the printing mechanism, a movable member for actuating said registering devices, means for moving said member upon sliding of the carriage to a position adjacent to a,

registering device identified with the position of'y the printing mechanism, an operating lever for pivoting the carriage, means actuated by pivoting of the carriage to cause the printing mechanism to print the classication selected and to cause the said member to actuate the registering device selected.

3. In a machine of the class described comprising mechanism for printing tickets of different classication, an operating lever movable in one direction lto various stations to select the classication to be printed, and depressible at any station to initiate the printing operation, a slotted bar underlying said operating lever to guide it as it is depressed at any station, and

block out members tting the slots of said lever to prevent its depression at any desired station. s 4. In a ticket issuing machine, driving means,

a clutch between the driving means and the ticket y issuing mechanism, an operating lever 'for effecting engagement of the clutch, means releasing the clutch automatically upon operation of the mechanism for a single ticket issuing cycle, means for disabling said releasing means, and

' meanscontrolled by said GperatingJeVer-to lock said means for disabling against movement during operation of the operating lever.

5. In a machine of-the class described comprising ticket printing mechanism, drive means, and a clutch.v connecting said mechanism and means, a clutch operating lever, means for re-v leasing the clutch automatically upon operation through a predetermined cycle, a reciprocable 10YV V member for disabling the automatic'clutch releasing means,and means controlled by the operating lever to lock said reciprocable member in its depressed position while the lever is in its clutch operating position.

6. In a ticket printing and issuing machine, printing mechanism comprising die members ad- ,instable to eiect selection of the data to be printed, a lever operable to adjust one of saiddie members, a second lever operable to adjust another of said die members and to eiect operationof the printing mechanism, locking means effective' to prevent operation of the printing mechanism by said second lever until the rst lever has been actuated to effect a selection, and means to prevent movement of the rst lever during operation of the printing mechanism.

1. In combination with a ticket printing and issuing machine of the character' described, a rotatable multi-faced printing member, a disk connected to said member to rotate therewith,

pins projecting from said disk and corresponding in number andspacing to the faces on the printing member, a pawl engageable with one of said pins to move the printing member, a stop member engageable with another of said pins to limit such movement, and means for actuating said pawland stop member simultaneously to effect movement of the printing member the distance between its adjacent lprinting faces..

8. In a ticket printing and issuing machine, an operating lever movable in one direction to eiect a selection of the data to be printed on a ticket and movable in another direction to initiate operation of printing and issuing mechanism, and remotely controlled lock-out means to selecting device corresponding to the adjustment oi.' the vprinting member, mechanical registering devices in said machine, and other means controlled by said connecting means to selectl for operation oneof said mechanical registering devicescorresponding to the adjustment of the printing member.

10. A ticket printing and issuing machine cornprising at least two adjustable printing members, a lever operable to adjust one oi' said members, a second lever operable to adjust another o1 said members and to eiiect operation of the printing mechanism, and means for preventing operation of the printing mechanism by said second lever until the rst, lever has been actuated to adjust its printing member.

11. A ticket printing and issuing machine comprising at least two adjustable printing members,

a lever operable to adjust. one of said members, a second lever operable to adjust another of said members and to eiiect operation of the printing mechanism, and means for holding the member adjusted by the rst lever in its adjusted position until completion of the operation of the printing mechanism.

HARRY G. CRAIG. AIFRED W. PRIDE. 

